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How Calif. Ruling Alters Worker Arb. Agreement Enforcement

The California Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Ramirez v. Charter Communications should caution employers that wh... (more story)

2 Lessons From Calif. Overtime Wages Ruling

A California federal court's recent decision finding that Home Depot did not purposely dodge overtime laws sheds l... (more story)

Justices' Starbucks Ruling May Limit NLRB Injunction Wins

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Starbucks v. McKinney, adopting a more stringent test for National Lab... (more story)

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Broncos Throw Flag On Ex-Player's THC Discrimination Bid

The NFL and the Denver Broncos are looking to sidestep a former team member's disability discrimination lawsuit claiming the league and team unfairly fined him $532,500 for using THC to treat an injury, arguin... (more story)

SkyWest Fights Union's Claim Of Failed Funding Disclosure

The regional airline SkyWest is fighting a union's claim that it violated the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act by failing to disclose how much money it gives an in-house employees' group, telling ... (more story)

The Eighth Circuit denied the NLRB’s bid for enforcement of a decision over the bargaining relationship between a construction contractor and an International Union of Operating Engineers local. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
8th Circ. Sends Construction Industry Dispute Back To NLRB

The National Labor Relations Board must rethink its decision finding a bargaining relationship between a union and construction contractor required the company to provide requested information, the Eighth Circ... (more story)

NLRB Official OKs Union Ouster Vote At Brooklyn Poultry Co.

A decertification election can proceed at a poultry company in Brooklyn, a National Labor Relations Board official concluded, saying the parties didn't have a signed successive contract when a worker filed the... (more story)

Conn. Worker Says Mayor Fired Him For Joining Teamsters

The city of Shelton, Connecticut, fired a public works employee who joined a local Teamsters union after the mayor and other bosses pressured him to invoke a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court case that allows government... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Warehouse Worker Carveout Args At 9th Circ.

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit regarding whether warehouse workers are interstate transportation workers and therefore exempt from federal arbitration requir... (more story)

BNSF Railway Hit With Union Suit Over Minn. Job Eliminations

BNSF Railway violated the Railway Labor Act by eliminating certain union positions at a Minnesota locomotive maintenance shop and assigning out those jobs' tasks to employees in other crafts, the International... (more story)

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Helicopter Co., Ex-Worker End Remote Work Termination Suit

A helicopter manufacturer and its former material supply management worker who accused it of failing to accommodate her anxiety and terminating her when she asked to work remotely have agreed to permanently dr... (more story)

Cuomo Harassment Document Fight Heads To NY Appeals Court

A Manhattan judge on Friday allowed both the New York attorney general and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to appeal parts of a decision requiring the state to produce unredacted transcripts of some witness interview... (more story)

A Black former assistant public defender in Georgia first alleged in a September 2021 lawsuit that she was consistently given a greater caseload than her white male coworkers and was micromanaged and harassed by supervisors before ultimately being fired from the Augusta Circuit Public Defender's Office. (iStock.com/Roman Didkivskyi)
Ga. Public Defender's Office Gets Early Win In Atty's Bias Suit

Georgia's Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office got an early win Friday in a discrimination and retaliation suit lawsuit filed by a former assistant public defender, saying she relied on her office... (more story)

Ga. Judge Gives Initial OK To $1.2M Forced Labor Suit Deal

A Georgia federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $1.2 million deal to settle allegations from Mexican engineers who claimed they were lured to the U.S. with false promises of high-paying jobs and th... (more story)

Ex-Thompson Hine Atty Says Firm Can't Oppose NY Jurisdiction

Former Thompson Hine LLP income partner Rebecca Brazzano fired back at efforts by two firm partners to dismiss her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, contending among other arguments that they waived their ri... (more story)

Puerto Rico Enacts Ban On Workplace Hairstyle Bias

A new law in Puerto Rico makes it illegal to discriminate against people who wear their hair in braids, twists or any style associated with a particular race, bringing the commonwealth in line with about two d... (more story)

Fla. Law Firm Settles Ex-Paralegal's Sex Harassment Suit

Florida-based insurance law firm Property Litigation Group PLLC has reached a settlement with a former paralegal who alleged she was fired after reporting unwanted sexual advances and case mismanagement by a senior attorney.

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Domino's Says Driver's Atty Should Pay Up For Doomed Suit

Domino's Pizza said Thursday a law firm that lost a case claiming delivery drivers weren't properly reimbursed for expenses should know its new suit against the company will fail for the same reasons, asking a... (more story)

Gas Co. Can't Wheedle Out Of Jury's Decision, Trader Says

A former trading director has told a Colorado state judge that the natural gas marketing company he worked for has no grounds to escape a Denver jury's $3.3 million damages award over his unpaid bonus, arguing... (more story)

A former CBS News station manager said she was fired the month after returning from a leave for post-traumatic stress disorder, brought on by stress in the workplace. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Paramount Must Face CBS Manager's Bonus Pay Claim

A Maryland federal judge refused to toss a former CBS News station manager's claim alleging her former bosses at Paramount unlawfully withheld her bonus pay after she was terminated, but said the bosses themse... (more story)

Hyundai Wants DOL Child Labor Suit Over 13-Year-Old Tossed

The U.S. Department of Labor didn't support its claims that Hyundai knew a 13-year-old was working on an assembly line, the company said as it asked an Alabama federal court to dismiss the allegations.

Drexel Sinks Bulk Of Bias Suit But Must Face Equal Pay Claim

A Drexel University philosophy professor failed to show the mistreatment she said she faced from male professors amounted to unlawful sex bias as opposed to a merely unpleasant workplace, a Pennsylvania federa... (more story)

FedEx Seeks Win On Damages Issues In OT Suit

A driver alleging FedEx illegally deprived him of overtime wages can't prove the shipping giant deliberately violated federal labor laws, the company told a Massachusetts federal judge Thursday in a bid to lim... (more story)

USDA Drops Push To Certify Contractors' Labor Compliance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday scrapped from a proposed rule requirements for federal contractors to attest that they were following federal and state labor laws, tossing President Barack Obama... (more story)